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Astrobee-D
Astrobee-D
The Aerojet-General Astrobee-D was a small sounding rocket to carry small meteorological or physics payloads for D-Region experiments.
Astrobee-D had a diameter of 15 cm and a length of 3.5 m. The motor used a new solid propellant with a dual-thrust profile. The rocket had the capability to carry a 4.5 kg payload to a height of 150 km or a 13.6 kg payload to 100 kg.
The Astrobee rocket could be utilized in a temperature range form -45°C to +150°C without the need to provided special handling or environmentally controlled storage.
| Version | Stage 1 |
|---|---|
| Astrobee-D | Astrobee-D |
Nr: TNr: Date: Vehicle LS Suc Payload
1 1 08.06.1970 Astrobee-D WS * Test 1 2 2 08.06.1970 Astrobee-D WS * Test 2 3 3 28.01.1972 Astrobee-D WS * CRL A30.116-1 4 4 29.01.1972 Astrobee-D WS * CRL A30.116-2 5 5 06.03.1972 Astrobee-D PF * CRL A30.205-3 6 6 09.03.1972 Astrobee-D PF * CRL A30.205-4 7 7 06.12.1972 Astrobee-D FC *F CRL A30.205-1 8 8 09.12.1972 Astrobee-D FC * CRL A30.205-2 9 9 21.03.1973 Astrobee-D PF * CRL A30.205-5 10 10 06.04.1973 Astrobee-D PF * CRL A30.205-6 11 11 30.06.1973 Astrobee-D WI * NASA 23.01GT 12 12 03.10.1973 Astrobee-D WS * CRL A30.311-1 13 13 03.10.1973 Astrobee-D WS * CRL A30.311-2 14 14 03.10.1973 Astrobee-D WS * CRL A30.311-3 15 15 08.02.1974 Astrobee-D PF * CRL A30.311-4 16 16 11.04.1974 Astrobee-D PF *F CRL A30.413-1 17 17 12.04.1974 Astrobee-D PF * CRL A30.413-2 18 18 10.10.1974 Astrobee-D WS * NASA 23.05GT 19 19 26.02.1975 Astrobee-D PF * CRL A30.413-3 20 20 01.03.1975 Astrobee-D PF * CRL A30.311-6 21 21 15.07.1975 Astrobee-D WS * NASA 23.02UE 22 22 02.12.1975 Astrobee-D WS * CRL A30.311-8 (Twilight D-Region) 23 23 02.12.1975 Astrobee-D WS * CRL A30.311-5 (Twilight D-Region) 24 24 02.12.1975 Astrobee-D WS * CRL A30.311-7 (Twilight D-Region) 25 25 03.12.1975 Astrobee-D WS * CRL A30.413-5 (Twilight D-Region) 26 26 03.12.1975 Astrobee-D WS * CRL A30.205-7 (Twilight D-Region) 27 27 03.12.1975 Astrobee-D WS * CRL A30.413-4 (Twilight D-Region) 28 28 18.01.1976 Astrobee-D WI * NASA 23.03UE 29 29 23.01.1976 Astrobee-D WI * NASA 23.04UE 30 30 13.05.1976 Astrobee-D WS * NASA 23.06UE 31 31 11.08.1976 Astrobee-D WS * NASA 23.07UE 32 32 08.01.1977 Astrobee-D WI * NASA 23.08UE 33 33 20.02.1979 Astrobee-D FC * NASA 23.11UU 34 34 26.02.1979 Astrobee-D RL MCM * NASA 23.09UE 35 35 27.02.1979 Astrobee-D RL MCM * NASA 23.10UE 36 36 07.06.1979 Astrobee-D WI * NASA 23.12UU 37 37 16.09.1979 Astrobee-D WI * NASA 23.16UE 38 38 20.09.1979 Astrobee-D WI * NASA 23.13UU 39 39 01.10.1979 Astrobee-D WI * NASA 23.14UU 40 40 18.12.1979 Astrobee-D WI * NASA 23.15UU 41 41 16.02.1980 Astrobee-D SM * NASA 23.17UE 42 42 16.02.1980 Astrobee-D SM * NASA 23.18UE Launch sites: FC = Churchill Research Range, Fort Churchill, Manitoba, CanadaPF = Poker Flat Research Range, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
